mazidnesse
Middle English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaːz(ə)dnɛs/
Noun
mazidnesse
- perplexedness, wonderment, astonishment
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Clerk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1058-1061:
- And she for wonder took of it no keep;
She herde nat what thing he to hir seyde;
She ferde as she had stert out of a sleep,
Til she out of hir masednesse abreyde.- And she for amazement took of it no notice;
She heard not what thing he said to her;
She fared as if she had suddenly awakened out of a sleep,
Until out of her bewilderment she suddenly awoke.
- And she for amazement took of it no notice;
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Clerk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1058-1061:
Descendants
- English: mazedness (obsolete)
References
- “māsednesse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-28.
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